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Warning: I thought a cheap moisture meter would be fine for a quick check
It gave me a false dry reading on a slab in a basement job, and I ended up eating the cost of a full tear-out and reinstall six months later. Lost about $3,200 on that one. What's the most reliable meter you guys actually trust?
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david_jones386mo ago
But come on... how often does that really happen? Seems like a freak thing.
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finley_gonzalez496mo ago
Freak thing" is way too kind, it happens more than you'd think. What meter do you actually use for basement slabs?
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the_lisa6mo ago
Honestly, you see it all the time with cheap moisture meters. A pin-type meter is the only real way to check a slab before you put flooring down. Anything else is just guessing.
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